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Query: EC:3.5.4.17 (adenosine deaminase)
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Adenosine metabolism in C57BL/6 mouse spleen cells was studied. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels in resting T cells were 26.9 +/- 3.4 ng/10(5) cells compared with 16.5 +/- 3.1 ng/10(5) cells in resting B cells. Cyclosporine (CSA) caused a prompt and severe ATP depletion in both T and B cells, which could be mitigated by the addition of adenosine. B cell ATP levels were returned to normal while T cell levels were only partially restored. The adenosine deaminase inhibitor erythro-9-(2 hydroxy-3 nonyl) adenine (EHNA) also caused ATP depletion in T and B cells, which could similarly be prevented in part by the addition of adenosine. However, when CSA and EHNA were combined, adenosine could no longer protect ATP pools and severe ATP depletion in T and B cells occurred. This suggests that CSA and EHNA affect different steps in the conversion of adenosine to ATP. Although both T and B cell ATP levels were affected by CSA, the ability of supplementary substrate to restore ATP levels to normal in B cells but not in T cells may explain the apparent selective effect of CSA impairing T cell functions with sparing of B cell functions. Furthermore, if causing ATP depletion is associated with immunosuppressive activity, EHNA may be useful in potentiating the immunosuppressive effects of CSA.
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PMID:Cyclosporine-induced adenosine triphosphate depletion in murine T and B lymphocytes. 637 58

The excitatory amino acid (EAA), L-cysteine sulfinic acid (L-CSA), elicited a dose-dependent increase in cAMP accumulation in adult rat hippocampus that was not blocked by ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists. Therefore, the possibility was examined that L-CSA activates the (1S,3R)-amino-1,3-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid (1S,3R-ACPD)-sensitive metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) that increases cAMP by potentiating responses elicited by adenosine or other agonists of receptors coupled to adenylate cyclase via Gs. Like 1S,3R-ACPD, L-CSA induced a cAMP response that was inhibited by the adenosine receptor antagonist, 8-para-sulfyltheophylline, and by adenosine deaminase. In contrast to the 1S,3R-ACPD-induced cAMP response, the L-CSA-induced response was not potentiated by the adenosine uptake inhibitor, dipyridamole. Taken together with the previous finding that L-CSA does not potentiate cAMP responses elicited by agonists of receptors that activate Gs, these data suggest that L-CSA increases cAMP accumulation by activating a metabotropic EAA receptor that is different from the 1S,3R-ACPD-sensitive mGluR associated with potentiation of cAMP responses.
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PMID:An L-cysteine sulfinic acid-sensitive metabotropic receptor mediates increased cAMP accumulation in hippocampal slices. 773 95

Decondensation of chromatin is essential to facilitate access to DNA metabolizing processes such as transcription and DNA repair. Disruption of histone-DNA contacts by histone modification or by ATP dependent chromatin remodelling allows DNA-binding proteins to compete with histones for DNA. The efficiency of global genome nucleotide excision repair (GGR) that removes a variety of helix distorting DNA lesions is known to be affected by chromatin structure most notably demonstrated by the slow repair of heterochromatin. In addition, the efficiency of GGR to repair lesions in transcriptionally active genes requires functional CSA and B proteins. We found that repair of UV-photolesions in both strands of the active adenosine deaminase gene was delayed in CS cells when compared to normal human fibroblasts. We suggest that the lack of transcription recovery characteristic for CS cells exposed to DNA damaging agents, might lead to changes in the chromatin structure of active genes, causing less efficient repair of lesions in these genes when compared to normal cells.
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PMID:Repair of DNA lesions in chromosomal DNA impact of chromatin structure and Cockayne syndrome proteins. 1596 52

Objectives This study aimed to explore the protective mechanism of caffeic acid (CAA) and chlorogenic acid (CHA) on cyclosporine (CSA) induced hypertensive rats. Methods Effect of CAA and CHA on diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), e-nucleotide triphosphate dephosphorylase (e-NTPDase), 5' nucleotidase and adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in CSA-induced hypertensive rats were determined. Results CAA and CHA administration stabilized hypertensive effect caused by CSA administration. Also, altered activity of ACE (lung), e-NTPDase, 5' nucleotidase, ADA as well as elevated malondiadehyde (MDA) level was restored in all the treated hypertensive rats in comparison with the untreated hypertensive rats. Conclusion Hence, these observed results could underlie some of the mechanisms through which CAA and CHA could offer antihypertensive effect.
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PMID:Caffeic and chlorogenic acids modulate altered activity of key enzymes linked to hypertension in cyclosporine-induced hypertensive rats. 3300 49